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This section contains opinion pieces from the business and human rights movement, written by both our global team and many authors outside of our organisation. These have been curated and published by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.
2025: A year of new challenges and opportunities for the movement
As we look ahead to the year in business and human rights, we see three key issues that we all need to be alert to, and three huge opportunities for 2025, says Executive Director Phil Bloomer.
Ahead of the thematic intersessional consultations held in April, June and August to prepare for the 11th session of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on a binding treaty in October 2025, experts reflect on articles of the treaty that will be discussed and steps to take for concrete progress in the treaty process.
On 24 February Russia invaded Ukraine prompting widespread global economic sanctions. Businesses operating in Russia have been under pressure to review their presence and undertake heightened due diligence - but one year on more than 1,000 companies are still present and there is little evidence of effective action.
Experts from civil society, governments and business discuss what Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence could mean for advancing human rights in business.
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17 Dec 2018Dr Irene Pietropaoli, Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, and Phil Bloomer, Executive Director, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
11 Dec 2018Maysa Zorob, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
The Zero Draft offers a critical opportunity to move beyond a voluntary framework and establish an international framework for legal liability for companies who fail to live up to their human rights responsibilities.
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